158 Seventy-three Thousand Low Rank Soulstones

The fluctuations were getting clearer and clearer. It did not take Ye Chen much effort to make it to a room with huge space.The room was quite huge, like ten normal rooms combined into one. It had an area of at least three hundred square meters and a height of one hundred meters. There could be seen a huge thick column standing right in the middle of the room, on top of which there was a crystal clear light ball. Within that light ball, a dark red manual was floating peacefully."A manual?"Ye Chen was intrigued. He just happened to lack an Earth Realm Martial Art manual and could not help but wonder what would this manual be.Ye Chen took a few steps forward till he suddenly sensed danger coming his way, to avoid which he immediately turned to his right.A two-meter-long white light came out of nowhere from under the floor and attacked him, so fast that he could even hear it slicing through the air. If it was not for Ye Chen's super senses, he would have been stabbed through and kicked out of the Heaven Dream Battle Palace immediately.Standing still, Ye Chen looked up at the roof and thought to himself, 'If there are traps on the floor, I could rather travel across the room midair... but I should take it easy I think, since the Heaven Dream Battle Palace is such an unpredictable place. I doubt they would let us off so easily, and it might be even more dangerous up there... With that thought in mind, Ye Chen took out a low rank soulstone and casually threw it in the air.Boom!The left side of the wall suddenly cracked open to reveal a small hole, and a beam of light shone out of that small hole which shredded whole of the low rank soulstone that was still in the air, leaving not even a single speck of ash behind.With the intensity of my defensive Zhen Qi, it will still be impossible to take on that. Analyzing the power of that beam of light, Ye Chen shook his head. It is impossible to go through the air, that is a totally dead end. I guess I will have to walk from here then.He just lifted up one of his feet and was about to take his first step, when he saw another human figure show up by the door.It was Monster Childe - Leng Wuqing.Leng Wuqing was surprised to see Ye Chen, he had not expected Ye Chen to last this long. It only meant that Ye Chen had also reached the Clasping Yuan Realm."I am looking for a martial skill manual, what do you need?" Leng Wuqing did not move, but asked.Ye Chen replied: "Martial art manual."Leng Wuqing nodded, "Then it should be easy. If it is a martial skill manual, then it belongs to me; if it is a martial art manual, then you can have it. If it is neither, then we will see. I don't think you want to have unnecessary fights either, right?"Leng Wuqing was understandably threatened by Ye Chen, who was not only an Early Clasping Yuan Realm warrior, but had also learned the sword intent. He knew it would be a tough fight, and he would rather use his energy to face other Hidden Dragon Rank warriors. But of course, he was not scared of Ye Chen. He just did not want to have a tough fight for nothing."Alright, but with one more condition: if I get the martial skill manual, you will have to use something of the same value to exchange for it, and vice versa."Ye Chen agreed with Leng Wuqing, he was not a battle enthusiast, and would like to avoid most of the unnecessary battles as well. Plus, without his Cloud Hidden Sword, he was not in a position to fully utilize his strength."Okay."Leng Wuqing was confident in getting that skill manual, and now was even more excited.Letting out a breath, Ye Chen scanned through the surroundings, and said: "For now, I think it will be wise to stick with the stone columns, it will not be easy around here."Hearing him, Leng Wuqing stamped his foot heavily on the ground, as a wave of qi spread out on the floor.Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!...Beams of white light appeared from the floor, stabbing into the air.After blinking twice, those white beams disappeared completely.Although Leng Wuqing had remembered all the locations for those white beams, but because of his naturally cautious personality, he stamped his foot again, which spread out more qi.The next second!Half of the room was covered by the white beams, the countless beams looking like the stars in the sky, albeit creepier and scarier.Slightly tightening his eyebrows, Leng Wuqing said: "The light beams come out randomly. There is no way of telling from where they will come out. It will be a disadvantage for both of us." "So let's hope it is either a martial skill manual or a martial art one then!" Ye Chen smiled lightly, though he did not agree with Leng Wuqing. During their fight, as long as he could block out the area where he was by using his qi, then he would not have to worry about Leng Wuqing setting off the traps by vibrating the floor.The two walked carefully towards the stone column in the middle of the room.Piu!The white beams kept attacking the two from different directions. While avoiding them, both of them did not dare to use up all of their qi, because none of them could make sure if the place they were about to step on was full of traps or not. If there was a trap, then they could use the rest of the qi to avoid the attack; if there was no trap, then they could accumulate their qi to peak levels in a shorter period of timeIt would be highly unlikely that there would be a trap every time they stepped on the floor. If that was the case, it could only mean they were unlucky to the extreme today. Although with their cultivation they were both able to sustain zhen qi for a long time, which was way more powerful than those normal Early Clasping Yuan warriors. However, even though, say they were still able to do it seven times in a row, if the landing spot after that was still a trap, then they were also doomed to be eliminated.Fortunately, it had still not happened yet. The most dangerous situation so far only made them act up four times in a row.Soon, the two were both close to the stone column."Come down."It was almost at the same time the both of them reached out their hands towards that light ball on top, trying to call it down.However, the light ball did not move even an inch. Right then, Ye Chen quickly accumulated the zhen qi in his hands, and pressed them against the stone column, pushing himself up at an inhuman speed. His hands climbed up one after another with a rhythm, making sure he always had at least one hand on the stone column.Meanwhile, Leng Wuqing seemed to be thinking something. Ye Chen would not do this for no reason. Maybe there is danger in the air, I should rather not do anything reckless.Copying what Ye Chen was doing, Leng Wuqing put his hands which were also covered with zhen qi on the stone column. He started to try catching up with Ye Chen, who was so fast and seemed so light, almost as if he was a monkey.The stone column was no taller than seventy-five meters. After two blinks worth time, Ye Chen had already reached the top.With his left hand and both of his feet glued to the stone column with the help of his zhen qi, Ye Chen curled his right hand into a claw, ready to tear apart the light ball.Pop!The surface of the light ball had a powerful protective layer which almost bounced Ye Chen all the way into the air."Hmm, interesting."Taking out the iron spear of his, Ye Chen grunted and stabbed it right into the light ball.Ding! The spear was blocked by a hand, which surprisingly made a metal hitting sound."Let's see what we can do!" Ye Chen laughed. A burning fire appeared from Ye Chen's iron spear, which blew away Leng Wuqing's palm. Making use of the momentum, the iron spear hit the light ball.The light ball did not move even an inch, however, a dent appeared on the surface, making cracking noises."Earth Monster Shattering Cut!"Leng Wuqing did not fight with Ye Chen, and instead formed a blade with his hand, throwing an attack on the other side of the light ball.After that, the two kept attacking the light ball as if they had already agreed on this beforehand, resulting into more and more dents and cracks appearing on that light ball, from which one could barely tell how it looked like before.Right at the second the light ball was about to break down. Ye Chen's body shook, and countless qi swords appeared around him out of nowhere, shooting out at the light ball and Leng Wuqing the next second. There were so many of them, it was almost like a dark cloud floating over.A cold light flashed through Leng Wuqing's eyes. He raised both of his hands to create a barrier between him and the qi swords.Even after some loud metal hitting sounds, Leng Wuqing did not seem to be hurt at all. Those qi swords did not even manage to scratch his skin. However, by the time he put down his hands, he saw the light ball had already been broken, and the dark red manual was already in Ye Chen's hand."Huh!" Although he was really pissed off, but he did not seem to want to take revenge.There was only restricted area on top of the column, so Ye Chen slid down his body and landed on the ground.He glanced at Leng Wuqing, then opened the manual and started reading.Half a minute later, Leng Wuqing who was standing twenty steps away, said: "What kind of a manual is it?"Ye Chen laughed: "You are pretty lucky, it is a palm art manual and it is at mid rank Earth Realm, extremely powerful. To be honest, even I am intrigued."Leng Wuqing seemed a bit anxious, "We had an agreement, do you want to break it now?"Ye Chen shook his head, "What are you going to exchange for it?"Without any hesitation, Leng Wuqing took off the heavy bag from his back, and threw it over to Ye Chen, saying, "There are seven low rank Earth Realm manuals, sixty-five top Mortal Realm manuals, one low rank dagger, one low rank light armor, one low rank knife, three Red Light Fire Melting Balls and five medical plants, each of them worth more than fifty thousand gold. They are all yours now."After taking over the bag, Ye Chen said surprisingly: "Don't you want to have a look at the manual? Maybe it doesn't fit you?"Leng Wuqing said: "As long as it is a martial art for hands or legs, it will apply to me. There is no need to check it."Ye Chen opened the bag, and just like Leng Wuqing had said, the items listed were there, nothing less, nothing more. Without a doubt, Leng Wuqing probably only owned a couple of the things in there, and probably got the rest from other martial disciples. However, Ye Chen would not care about where those things were from, since the things in there were surprisingly valuable. Seven low rank Earth Realm manuals would worth around twenty-one thousand low rank soulstones; sixty-five top Mortal Realm manuals would be worth three thousand two hundred and fifty low rank soulstones, one low rank dagger would cost more than five thousand low rank soulstones, and a low rank light armor would even cost even more, probably around twenty thousand low rank soulstones. The low rank short knife would cost more than eight thousand soulstones, while the three Red Light Fire Melting Balls were really powerful attacking weapons, enough to kill a normal peak Early Clasping Yuan Realm warrior, and even a Mid Clasping Yuan Realm warrior if not careful. Because it was not reusable, it was worth a huge fortune in the market. Each one of them would cost more than twenty million gold, which could be changed into five thousand low rank soulstones, and three of those would thus value at fifteen thousand low rank soulstones. As for those five medicinal plants, they were relatively cheaper, but they were still worth two hundred thousand gold, which would be five hundred low rank soulstones.So the total value of everything in that bag would be around seventy-three thousand low rank soulstones.However, Ye Chen did not seem to want to give out the manual yet, "Although there is a lot of stuff in this bag, it is still not as valuable as the mid rank Earth Realm. If I hand it over to the marital institutions, I would get at least three thousand mid rank soulstones, which would be one hundred and fifty thousand low rank soulstones. I think you would also know the importance of a mid rank low realm manual. It could be the martial art of a rank 9 martial institution, which would not be easy to get your hands on."Leng Wuqing was not expecting that, but Ye Chen was right. A mid rank Earth Realm manual was not easy to come across. A normal rank 9 martial institution would probably have one at most; for a rank 8 institution, three at most. And for a rank7 institution like his, they only had five or six of them, of which he had read them all. Two of those were martial manuals, one was body boosting martial art, and another two were body art and leg art, which were not really a good fit for him. Otherwise he would not care this much about this manual.Ye Chen started talking again: "If I give this manual to you, not only you will benefit from it, you would also make a fortune out of it. Your martial institution would definitely reward you with plenty of low rank soulstones or mid rank soulstones. However, on the contrary, I would not only lose a manual but also seventy-seven thousand low rank soulstones, don't you agree?""What do you suggest then?" Leng Wuqing asked."Easy, I will read the contents of the manual to you and you will remember it. Then you could train it when you get home, however, I will keep the real copy."After thinking for a moment, Leng Wuqing agreed.